Title :
Architectural design exploration of chip-scale photonic interconnection networks using physical-layer analysis
Author :
Chan, Johnnie ; Hendry, Gilbert ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We conduct an architectural exploration of three chip-scale photonic interconnection networks in a novel simulation environment, exploring insertion loss, crosstalk, and energy. The impact of these metrics is evaluated in the context of network performance.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; architectural design exploration; broadband ring switches; chip-scale photonic interconnection networks; crosstalk; insertion loss; physical-layer analysis; wavelength division multiplexing; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Network topology; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
